95/7 is probably 400 runs short of par if this pitch turns out to be the usual Eden Park outer oval affair.

Make that 95/8. Henry on a hattrick.

Stewart's 2fer is hopefully going to be his one random golden arm spell of the season done and dusted.

EDIT: Lack of Tastle in the attack after nearly 30 overs suggests maybe the deck is doing a bit?

Last edited by Flem274*; 11-11-2013 at 04:38 PM.

Originally Posted by Athlai

Jeets doesn't really deserve to be bowling.

Originally Posted by Athlai

Well yeah Tendy is probably better than Bradman, but Bradman was 70 years ago, if he grew up in the modern era he'd still easily be the best. Though he wasn't, can understand the argument for Tendy even though I don't agree.

95/7 is probably 400 runs short of par if this pitch turns out to be the usual Eden Park outer oval affair.

Hopkins always says it's an important toss ftr. Well-grassed on day 1 to advance the game, then just a fast road.

I want Bartlett to lower his Eden Park ground average of 12 this afternoon against ****erbury.

Don't squander the gold of your days making a shrine of cricket videos, trying to improve the hopeless failure, giving your life away to the Blockys, the Devciches and the Weerasundaras! Surrender your devout little cricketing heart to the inured agribusinessman.

But anyway, if Canterbury can keep Henry and Bennett and some support bowlers on the park this season, this might be the season they break out of the 'rebuilding phase' they've been going through for a few years now.

I cant believe that, I popped into the ground for 20min when Raval and Cachopa were going things were looking pretty easy, and McEwen and van Beek pretty average. Overhead was perfect for swing bowling, thought it has fined up now, so maybe that is why things are a bit easier for QuinnUntitled.jpg

Playing his first match since a finger injury while playing for Guyana in the Caribbean Premier League, Guptill flashed at a ball down the leg side only for Cachopa to leap to his left and take a superb one-handed catch.

It wasn't the start the hosts were looking for and it didn't get any better nearly two overs later. Bennett was in the wickets again when Henry Nicholls caught a dying edge at third slip from batsman Tim McIntosh for one to leave Auckland reeling at 22-2.

Cachopa launched the first of two sixes that ended up on Sandringham Road. An ensuing car had rolled over the top and had put grease on the ball, leaving umpires Gary Baxter and Barry Frost no choice but to replace the ball and it immediately paid dividends for the visitors.

Raval, who struggled his way to 19 from 56 deliveries, was trapped in front by Matt McEwen. The medium fast bowler had a wicket in his next over when he bowled Auckland captain Gareth Hopkins for four.

At 73-4 after 20 overs, Auckland still had plenty of work to do. That wasn't helped when the confident-looking Cachopa was caught by Logan van Beek from Shanan Stewart's first over for 31 to leave the hosts shivering at 73-5 after 21 overs.

Stewart had his second wicket of the match soon after when McEwen took a good catch to dismiss Donovan Grobbelaar for four to compound Auckland's misery.

Fulton got in on the action when he took the catch at first slip to dimiss Colin de Grandhomme for 16 as Auckland lost their seventh wicket of the session.

Matt Henry then had two wickets in two deliveries when he clean bowled Bates to sit on a hat trick ball, which was kept out by Bartlett.

Enter Quinn, whose innings provided Canterbury with more than a mouthful ahead of the lunch break.